And Griffon vulture Alexander is looking forward to welcoming a potential mate to the park later this year when Gandalf – a female from the Bird of Prey Centre in Cumbernauld – joins him at Blair Drummond to see if they might be carried away on the ...

ONE of Scotland's last two elephants has been put down after collapsing in her pen. Blair Drummond Safari Park announced the death of 47-year-old Toto on Monday, prompting a flood of tributes from park visitors.

Keepers at Scotland's only safari park were in tears over news that their 46-year-old elephant Toto had been put to sleep after collapsing in her pen. One staffer paid tribute to “a magnificent and beautiful sentient being”, which was in captivity as a ...

Toto the elephant has died aged 46 at Blair Drummond Safari Park. The gentle giant had to be put to sleep after she collapsed in her pen. An emotional Facebook message said: "Staff tried to get her back onto her feet but with no success and sadly after ...

Toto was rescued from the wild, where many of her kind were being hunted by poachers, and spent 15 years at Munster zoo before moving to Basel and then Blair Drummond, where she settled down. Keeper Ailsa West revealed: “Toto was a magnificent and ...

An elephant that inspired artists and children's books has been put to sleep after she collapsed at Blair Drummond Safari Park. Keepers unsuccessfully tried to help 46-year-old Toto to her feet after she fell ill in her pen on Monday. The park said the ...